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The Daily Bide is brought to you by a team of writers from Youth for Christ/USA. The writers all have various years of experience in youth ministry but share a common bond in serving Jesus and discovering what it means to abide deeply everyday and to connect God's Story with those around them. A number of the Daily Bide writers have also written portions of our 3Story® resources. You can check out our resources or connect with our writers at dailybide@yfc.org. If you have a question or a story you would like to share, please reference the Daily Bide date in your email.

TODAY'S STORY
5 weird things dropping this New Year's EveSource: Mary Bowerman, USA Today
The iconic ball in Times Square, N.Y., isn't the only thing dropping on New Year's Eve.
Here's a look at some of the strange items dropping across the country:
1. Guitar drop in Memphis, Tenn.
Get ready to rock on Dec. 31 when Hard Rock Cafe Memphis rings in the new year with its 9th annual New Year's Eve Guitar Drop. A 10-foot D'Angelico guitar will drop from 100 feet over Beale Street at midnight.
2. PEEPS...

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‘Surreal’ declared Merriam-Webster’s 2016 word of the year
In a word, 2016 was “surreal.”
Surreal, meaning “marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream” was looked up so much by online users that Merriam-Webster on Monday dubbed it the 2016 word of the year.
Surreal joined the Oxford English Dictionary’s “post-truth” and Dictionary.com’s “xenophobia” as top words of the year.
“Our word of the year is one that people came back to over and over again in response...

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Fights, Disturbances and Chaos Breaks Out In Malls Across the United States
Americans brought more than just unwanted gifts to the mall on Monday. They carried anger.
A series of apparently unconnected fights and disturbances broke out at malls across the country on the day after Christmas — known as "Boxing Day" in many British Commonwealth countries, for reasons unrelated to fisticuffs — leaving shoppers desperate for an exit and authorities struggling to wrangle unruly crowds.
Several arrests and multiple injuries were reported — including an assault on an officer — and authorities and...

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THE GOOD NEWS OF 2016: NEWSWEEK STORIES THAT MADE US HAPPY
There’s no arguing against what has been relentlessly declared in the media: 2016 was bad. While it’s important to reflect on the rage, death and mosquitoes that defined the past year, consuming an endless stream of bad news can take a serious toll, and Americans are already stressed out as it is.
If you’re feeling particularly rotten about the year that was, just remember that a zero-fuel plane completed a round-the-world trip and a dog accidentally ran a half-marathon....

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Why Your Problem-Solving Skills May Sharpen with Age
You may get better at creative problem solving as you age, new research suggests.
Researchers reviewed more than 100 studies on problem solving and aging that were conducted from 1960 to 2016, looking at both data on people's behavior and evidence from brain scans. The scientists found that, generally, older adults' ability to focus and avoid distraction was not as strong as that of young adults' — but that this in turn may help older adults to perform better on some creativity and problem-solving tasks.
The researchers were...

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Kirk Cameron Recalls His Time With Alan Thicke on 'Growing Pains': 'We Were a Real Family'Source: Jackie Willis, Entertainment Tonight
Kirk Cameron knew immediately upon meeting Alan Thicke at age 14 that he was going to be a "really cool dad" on Growing Pains.
"I remember thinking, 'Wow, this famous Canadian talk show host guy sounds different when he says words like, 'about' and 'aye,' but he's really nice and funny," Cameron told the Today show on Thursday, just two days after Thicke died suddenly from a heart attack at age 69.
Cameron...